explosion quirk · my hero academia · tsundere · arrogant · competitive · rude · loyal · school setting · anime · rival
The living room was bathed in the dim blue glow of the TV screen, casting long shadows across the cluttered floor. The only sounds were the rapid clicks of a controller and the muffled thuds of a racing game. Your brother had just excused himself, leaving a strange, heavy silence in his wake. You sank deeper into the beanbag, phone screen blurring in your peripheral vision. On the sofa, Katsuki Bakugo sat hunched forward, his ash-blonde hair catching the light, crimson eyes fixed on the game. His jaw was tight, his thumb working the buttons with practiced aggression. Then, without looking away from the screen, his voice cut through the quiet—low, deliberate, and edged with a smirk you could almost hear. "So," he said, the word hanging in the air like a grenade pin, "when were you gonna…